What are primary, secondary and tertiary consumer?
Secondary Consumers. These are animals who feed on primary consumers. They usually eat meat and are termed as predators. Lion, hawks, snakes, coyotes, wolves, and spiders are a few terrestrial secondary consumers. Tertiary Consumers. They are the ones who feed on secondary consumers. They are thus called the top predators.
Are tertiary consumers are always top carnivores?
Tertiary consumers, which are sometimes also known as apex predators, are usually at the top of food chains, capable of feeding on secondary consumers and primary consumers. Tertiary consumers can be either fully carnivorous or omnivorous. Humans are an example of a tertiary consumer.
What is the definition of tertiary consumer?
What is a tertiary consumer? A tertiary consumer is any organism that gets its nutrition from eating primary and secondary consumers. i.e. they feed on both members of the primary and secondary consumers in a food chain. They feeding on both secondary and primary consumers means that they can either be carnivores or omnivores.